Journal-lubricator.



I. E. FARR.

JOURNAL LUBRIGATOR.

APPLIUATION FILED 11mm, 1909.

Patented June 29, 1909.

rm: NORRIS PETERS co., wAsymcrom n. c.

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IRA n. FARR, or GREAT BEND, NEw YORK.

JOURNAL-LITE RICATOEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

To all whom it may conccrn:

Be itknown that I, IRA E. Flinn, a. citizen ol' the United States,residing at Grout Bend. in the. county ol Jell'erson and Stntc oi NowYork, have. invented certain new and uscit'ul Iinpro cinonts in JournalLu ric.utoi's, of which the following u. specification. I

This invention relates to improvcrnents i luln-iczitors for the journalsof shzrt'ts in g'ci oral, and tho invention relntcs Dalltiudlztll) to udoyicc tor luhricutingtho journals ot' the drier rolls of papermachines.

The object of the inycntion is to proyid :1 lllbllitiOl which is simplc,cll'ectivc, clean id. inexpensive.

Tho invention consists principally ol' on oil pan, zind. an endlesswick. which currics the oil l'roni the pan and dcliycrs thc some to :1.piece ol' felt. the hitter phiced in direct contact with tho journal.And the inycntion l'urthcr consists olsirnplc moans by which the. llowol' the. oil may ho incrcaiscd or di1ninished ztt will.

Other 'tciitures ind ports oi thc invention will ho understood l'rointhe dctuil dcscription which l'ollows, :UAl hy retcrcncc to thc :icloinpzi-nying drawing 'l'ormingg a. port of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 is u pcrspcctire. View 01' the coinplctio device mountedon :L journal, with the lid rziiscd, showing the oil pan; also showingtho wick, and the means l'or controlling thc it w of the oil to ti ojournal. Fig. 2 is u. ccnillztl longitudinal section, substantially online 2*2 ot' l, with thc lid closed, showing tho oil pan disposcd in thecasing; also showing :1. portii u ot the wick suhnicrgcd in thc oil {orcarrying u. liinitcd ziniount oi oil to the l'olt which rcsts upon t'hcjournal. l i; ii is it top phin \iicw ot' thc oil pun with the cusiug;reinm'cd. -iis on end view, p:: it in section. of tho complctc dcyiccshown in Fig. l. Fig: 5 is :r hottoni View of thc oil pan. Fig. (l is itcross section through thc oil pan suhstuntiully as on line 6*? of Fig.

Similar numerals ot' rot'crcnce 2LT) assigned to corresponding partsthroughout the scy- Gl'ztl views.

In tho drawing, l represents at shaft, or the journal of {L shalt, whichis supportcd by mid has its heuring in c. pillow-block l rcpresonts thecup or upper portion oi the hearing-box, which may he constructed in anysuitnhle. manner, and which is slottod longitudinally, us at 5, tocxposc the upper side of tho journal 2.

l (3 represents a. casing; pictcruhly sccurcd to the lower hczrring' pnrt 5% hy menus ot periorutcd lugs 7 and holts t). The uppcr side ofcursing (3 open, and is provided nith :1. cover it), which is hiugcd toone side ot the cursing, us :it 1].

12 rcprcscnts on oil pnn or reservoir which is loosely disposed in thecnsiig ti, and is adopted toreccivc und hold :1 supply oi oil or grease.tor use. in luliricuting the journal ol :1 shzrl't l'or scrcrzil \ccks:it one. lilting. This pan is prcl'ernhly nmde ol' shcct inctul, hutnniy ho cast or l'orincd in nny other nninncr, to carry out thc purposes(it the in cntion.

13 represents :1. strip oi thick l'clt or like nhsorhcnt nnitcrinl,which is disposed lengthwisc on the undcr side of the ILSO'IYOiI 112.the cnds ot the. i'clt extending; upwardly and securcd to thc cnds ol'thc pan hy holt's or screws i l. Tho strip of felt is prct'crahly cutsuhstnntizilly tho sonic width as slot. 5 ol'thc cup, and its under sidcis intended to lie and hear l'or its l'ull length upon the exposed upperside ot tho journal or shalt 2.

The casing (i nrry hc dispensed with it desircd, and n coycr liko theport it) may hc hinged direct to one sidc. ot the pan thc some as shownherein. The lubrication ol' the journal is accomplished directly throughthc agency ot thc. l'clt 1 which receives the oil from :1 wick .15,which prel'crzihly consists ol :1. nuinher ot' conrsc strands oiwickinsr; or liko zihsorhcut lnulerizil, prctcrnhly of equal length andendless. The st 'znids ot tho wick are not int cndcd to he interwoven orplnited. hut prctcrnhly lie close together, so that each strand |ll:l:H't as :in indiriduul conductor tor the oil. To :tpply thc wick to the.journal dircct would soon rcsult in tho wick ooconrin tillcd and cloggcd up troln i hc hcul. ot' thc journal snd dirt which is prcscut insuch l cnrin;-,='s. The wick is therefore not, intcndcd to nnikc dircctcontact with the iournzil, hut is prel'crnhtv disposcd hctwccn thehottoni olthc pan and thc l'clt; the. t'cltheingr applied in such mannerthat it closely contacts with the wick so as to readily :thsorh the oilcarried by the hit tcr. The several strands coinpiising the wick arepreferably nurdo the same longth. and they extend laterally around thepan with sullicient slack, to allow the portion of the wick which trocrscs the open sido ol' the pun to grzn'itotc to, and lie srihnrcrgyedin the oil, on the hottoin ol' the pun. The oil is then curried hy thescpnrzitc strands of thc wick over the opposite side edges of the pan,and thence downwardly to i the felt by capillary attraction. The strandsbeing separable and independent of each other, it is possible to supplyoil to a journal to the full extent of the carryin capacity of the Wick.But in case less amount of oil than the number of strands capahle ofsupplying is desired, then one or more of the strands may he lifted outof the oil, and suspended near the top of the pan by means of i a hook16, which. is formed on a rod 17, the latter being secured to theopposite sides of the pan, as shown in drawing.

The drawing shows a wick comprised of iive strands, a or less number ofstrands may be employed, and the strands may he either coarse or fine,as may be desired, to carry out the objects of the invention. Figs. 1and 2 show three of the strands in the oil, and two strands ithdrawn andsupp rted hy the hoof: 16. The strands will car: j cnou; "1 oil from thepan to the felt pad 13 to lubricate to a certain extent. lint if it isfound that the three strands furi'iish more or less oil than isnecessary to properly lubricate a journal, then more of the strands maybe withdrawn from, or returned to the. oil, and the ow of the oil willhe increased or diminish d until the desired resmt is ohtaii' d. To stopthe feed of the oil entirely, all of the strands niav be hung on tl ehook ll hen but a slight feed of oil is requ"..ed a but one of thestrands In be lifted o the oil, as shown in Fig. 3. Under t isarrane'einent, in view of the numher of strands employed for the wick,the oiling of a hearing may he gagcd very finely, and the exact amountand no more oil will he delivered to a hearing than is desired.

The present invention, while applicable for luhricating journals andshaft hearings in general, has been designed particularly for use inconnectiom with the drier rolls of paper machines. The ltearings andjournals of the drier rolls are necessarily always hot, due to the useof steam for drying the paper. This normally heated condition of thehearings causes the thinning of the oil or grease em loyed for theirluhrication and unless the oil is applied in a proper and carefulmanner, it will escape from the hearings and drip on to the heavy ande); pensive felt helts employed on the drier rolls, and soon rots andotherwise damages them. In the past numerous devices and systems havebeen devised and employed for lulnieating these machines but they haveall proven faulty in one respect or another. To obviate the defects ofthe old devices I have provided the oil pan 12 which may readily I heapplied to any nearing, and the felt 13 arranged to hear directly upon aportion of a journal, and also the wick 15 With its separate strands tocarry the oil from the pan to the felt. All of these parts are theninolosed in a dust proof casing. The device is so arranged that it isreadily accessible without requiring the removal of any holts,

and the ilow of the oil to the hearings may he gaged and controlled inthe simplest manner for effecting the perfect, clean, safe and cheapluhrication of journal hearings. By the employment of the wick with itsseparalle strands there need he no waste of the oil. The wick will onlycarry the purest portion of the oil to the hearing, leaving all of thegrit and other impurities in the pan from which it may he removed withslight wort: at any time.

Luhricators having wicks and felt L-O carry and appiy the oil to journali382. gs have heen devised and used in the past, but none of thesedevices, so far as I am aware, employed a tick comprising a numler ofindependent strands, capalile of being operated all together, as onepart, or separatel as individual concuctors, for the purpose ofincreasing or diminishing or icasuring the flow of the oil to the feltand thence to the journal, in the manner herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure 2y Letters Patent, is'

An oil reservoir comprising an open pan, a wick comprising a number ofindependent strands encircling said reservoir, a portion of the saidWicl: adapted to settle and lie upon the hottom in said pan, the saidvricl-r adapted to carry oil from said pan to the under side thereof,the strands of said wicl' capable of it-eing separated and withdrawnfrom the oil for increasing, diminishing or stopping the flow of oilfrom said pan, a strip f felt applied to the l oi sottoin said pan in amanner to contact with said wick and adapted to alcsorh the oil carriedhy said wick from the pan, the said felt arranged to contact directlywith and to deliver oil received from the wick to the surface of ajournal, and a hook supported by said pan adapted to receive and holdone or more f the strands of said wick away from the oil in said pan forthe purpose of increasing or decreasing the feed of the oil to thejournal. In testimony whereof .l. aiiix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

IRA E. FARR. ll itnesses WILLIAM E. PEOK,

WILLIAM S. Omis'rnn.

